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7/28/2010

University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have found a link between smoking and the development of one of the leading causes of blindness, age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The disease causes the central area of the retina, which has the sharpest vision, to deteriorate. The more a person smoked, the greater the likelihood of developing macular degeneration.